Irvine (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Irvine in Ayrshire was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

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After the Acts of Union 1707, Irvine, Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray and Rothesay formed the Ayr district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

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  1. ↑ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921) p. 57.
  2. 1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 568.
  3. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 572.
  4. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 575,577.
  5. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 579.
  6. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582.
  7. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
  8. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 589,592.
  9. 1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 598.


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